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THREE RIVERS — Two Three Rivers varsity soccer players have been recognized by the Wolverine Conference for their performance during the 2017 season.
Junior Derek Veenstra was selected to the first-team All-Conference team.
Veenstra, a forward, recorded 12 goals and five assists for Three Rivers...

HOWARDSVILLE — The Howardsville Christian School varsity boys’ soccer team held its annual banquet and awards night.
Junior Colton Fair received the team Most Valuable Player Award. Fair was also named first team All-Conference and All-District, All-Regional, and received Division 4 All-State...

By Scott Hassinger
Sports Editor
MENDON — If anyone questioned how tough the defense of Mendon’s football team was coming into Saturday’s Division 8, Region 3, District 1 championship, the Hornets provided that answer in the second half.
Mendon capitalized on a pair of fumble recoveries and held...

BROOKLYN — Keaton Crotser of Mendon went out like all senior high school cross country runners would like to end their career, as an all-state runner.
Crotser, senior, finished with a time of 17:28.5 to finish 25th overall in Saturday’s Division 4 boys state championship race at Michigan Speedway...

EDWARDSBURG — Give the Edwardsburg Eddies football team an inch to roam and they’ll move the ball a mile.
Three Rivers’ defense did a credible job against Edwardsburg’s potent Wing-T offense in the first half.
But the Eddies backfield was like a time bomb waiting to explode, and it did for three...

CONSTANTINE — Despite a valiant effort by Constantine, Schoolcraft had a little bit too much extra strength in Thursday’s Class C district girls’ volleyball championship.
The Lady Falcons found it hard to stop the Eagles’ monstrous hitters in seniors Brooke Crissman and Paige Gebben, and freshman...

MENDON — Two of the best defenses in Division 8 football clash Saturday with a Region 3, District 1 championship on the line.
No. 1-ranked Muskegon Catholic Central (8-1) visits No. 3 Mendon (10-0) at 1 p.m.
The winner moves on to the regional finals next weekend against the survivor of the...

BROOKLYN — Carissa Kelley returns to Michigan Speedway in Brooklyn Saturday for her third attempt during her high school career to secure all-state honors.
The top 30 runners in each race in all four enrollment divisions will earn All-State honors.
The Division 4 girls’ race begins at 9:30 a.m....

EDWARDSBURG — A few weeks ago Three Rivers’ football team proved the Edwardsburg Eddies were beatable.
On Friday, Oct. 6, Three Rivers ended Edwardsburg’s 34-game Wolverine Conference winning streak with a 21-18 win over the Eddies at Armstrong Field.
Three Rivers (8-2) attempts to prove its...